| AVOCH | A fishing village in the Highlands (pop about 1,000, north of Inverness (5) |
| ROSEHEARTY | Old fishing village in the north-east, created a burgh of barony in the 1680s (10) |
| CULLEN | Former fishing village in the north-east (pop about 1,300), a former royal burgh (6) |
| FLEET | Gatehouse of ___ , small town in the south west (pop about 1,000) (5) |
| CROMARTY | Village in the Highlands (pop about 700), a former royal burgh (8) |
| TOKYO | Major capital city that was originally a fishing village called Edo (5) |
| TOMINTOUL | The highest village in the Highlands, founded by the Duke of Gordon in 1779 (9) |
| YELL | Large island in the Northern Isles (82 sq miles; pop about 1,000) (4) |
| BLACKISLE | Despite its name, a peninsula north of Inverness |
| USHANT | Small island (6 sq miles; pop about 1,000), off north-west France (6) |
| ULAPOOL | Village in the Highlands (7) |
| PIER | Structure in a fishing village |
| NAIRN | Seaside resort in the Highlands (pop about 10,000), once a major fishing port (5) |
| BRORA | Small town in the Highlands (pop 1,200), the site of what used to be the most northerly coalmine in the UK (5) |
| CRAIL | Former fishing village in Fife (pop about 1,600), created a royal burgh in 1178 (5) |
| STRATHPEFFER | Former spa town in the Highlands (pop about 1,500), the site of the Pictish Eagle Stone (12) |
| ISAAC | Port -; traditional fishing village in north Cornwall, filming location of television drama Doc Martin (5) |
| FIRTH | That part of the North Sea north and east of Inverness, Scotland (5) |
| MORAY | That part of the North Sea north and east of Inverness, Scotland (5) |
| BEAULY | Small town in the Highlands (pop about 1,500), with a ruined priory established around 1230 (6) |